Man City provide Erling Haaland injury update as Pep Guardiola makes Jeremy Doku admission

Manchester City blew AFC Bournemouth away at the Etihad Stadium with a comfortable 6-1 victory in the Premier League.

After their 3-0 win at fierce rivals Manchester United last weekend, there was always a concern the team could struggle to produce similar performance levels against the struggling Cherries but those doubts were blown away when the Blues opened the scoring through Jeremy Doku. It proved to be the start of the floodgates opening as Bernardo Silva scored twice while Manuel Akanji, Phil Foden and Nathan Ake also scored.

City will be hoping the goals continue to flow, especially considering Erling Haaland's injury worry. Pep Guardiola provided an update on this, and more, in the evening headlines below.

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Guardiola played down concerns over Haaland after substituting the City striker at half-time of their 6-1 win over Bournemouth.

Guardiola was only talking up how fit Haaland felt on Friday, yet the Norwegian could only last 45 minutes against Bournemouth before limping out of the game at the break with the score 3-0. City would not miss their No.9 for the rest of the match but will hope to have him back as quickly as possible with crunch games on the horizon.

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Doku's ability beyond his dribbling has taken Guardiola and City officials by surprise this season.

After deciding to re-enter the transfer market in the summer to replace Riyad Mahrez and the outgoing Cole Palmer, City paid £55m for the relatively unknown winger. After a 'shy' performance against Fulham, according to Guardiola, Doku has quickly become a fans' favourite with his direct style.

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